Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Hacker News home page spoof
i'd forgotten i'd written this a year and a half ago, and when a friend passed me the link to it just now, it seemed hilarious to me. probably some other people will enjoy it too
Hacker News Home Page Spoof is a parody recreation of the Hacker News homepage. Created as a humorous project, it mimics the familiar interface and style of the popular news aggregator site. The spoof is designed for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacker News home page spoof launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1HN
Dec 2025 · dosaygo-studio.github.io · its alternatives →
- 2TH
2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →
- 3
2015 · news.ycombniator.com · its alternatives →
- 4
Random Hacker News front page generated with AI
2025 · thishackernewsdoesnotexist.com · its alternatives →
- 5HN
2024 · yourhackernews.com · its alternatives →
- 6HN
2014 · hilapeleg.io · its alternatives →
- 7HN
2018 · jsomers.net · its alternatives →
- 8HN
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
- 9FH
Hi HN! I’ve been lurking for a while, but out of fear of being steamrolled by HN readers or maybe just natural introversion, I’ve always been too scared to post or comment. Which is why 1. this is my first real Hacker News submission 2. my friend Michael and I built "Fake" Hacker News, a place to post and see what AI-generated HN comments might say. Here’s a video of me using fakeHN to test this very submission: https://www.loom.com/share/4b9f4f9d7c77489a86baeb92ec55a1ed?... And an example of one of our generated posts:…
2023 · fakehn.com · its alternatives →
- 10LB
2011 · hnlike.com · its alternatives →
- 11
A protip by sergiotapia about css, html, and hackernews.
2012 · coderwall.com · its alternatives →
- 12IM
2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →
- 13
Hey HN, I made this free browser extension that modernizes the Hacker News design. I previously launched Modern for Wikipedia [1] here back in December, and it seemed like the obvious next choice to build one for HN too! So I've taken what I learned from building that, and have spent all my spare time this year building Modern for HN. I realize this won't be for everyone, but it was a fun project to work on, and I'm really happy with the result so far. Hope you like it too! Lots more planned for future updates, and suggestions welcome :) [1]…
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
- 14VT
Hi HN. I was surprised that there wasn't a feature here that lets you go back in time to the front page of Hacker News on a random day...so I made one. http://randomhackernews.com is a simple HTML page that navigates you to the front page of HN on a random day between today and February 19, 2007 (the oldest date I could find with content). I made this for myself, but figured others may find some interest in it.
2024 · randomhackernews.com · its alternatives →
- 15HN
I made a little website with a server that collects only HN submissions with > 500 upvotes chronologically. https://hn.moritz.pm/ It's quite simple because I wanted to learn from the project. But I think it's useful, to get a summary of what was important over the last days. The UI is almost identical to the HN frontpage, you can click on the comments to view the thread and on the username to see the profile. The rest of the cards takes you to the submitted URL.
2024 · hn.moritz.pm · its alternatives →
- 16
Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis! To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout! Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass…
2024 · hackerherald.com · its alternatives →
- 17
HackerNews 4chan-style
2021 · hnchan.netlify.app · its alternatives →
- 18HN
2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →
- 19
Hey HN, I hacked together this fun project that lets you play any article on the front page of Hacker News as an interactive text game. You can create a game about anything by going to infinityarcade.com/ You can also use a URL, which is what this page uses. The whole thing is open source: https://github.com/themaximal1st/InfinityArcade
2023 · infinityarcade.com · its alternatives →
- 20
Hacker News Delivered to Desktop :dancers:. Contribute to owenthereal/hacker-menu development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 21TU
2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →
- 22
Hi folks, I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com. I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements. There are three primary views: - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week). - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges. - Front…
2025 · hcker.news · its alternatives →
- 23FT
2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →
- 24
A newspaper-style front page for Hacker News.
May 2026 · thefrontpage.dev · its alternatives →
Also compare
- Hacker News, but every headline is hysterical clickbait alternatives
- This Hacker News Does Not Exist alternatives
- Hacker News Simulator alternatives
- This Hacker News does not exist alternatives
- Hacker News frontpage as a print newspaper that you can personalize alternatives
- Hacker News Redesign alternatives
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →